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NWCI welcomes the announcement that three women have won the Nobel Prize

Published: Sunday, October 09, 2011

NWCI welcomes the announcement that three women have won the Nobel Prize

Three women who have campaigned for women's rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize today.

Johnson-Sirleaf will share the prize with two other women - fellow Liberian, Leymah Gbowee, who mobilized fellow women against the country's civil war and organized a "sex strike," and Tawakkul Karman, who has worked in Yemen.

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Click here to read an interview with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf by the National Women's Council of Ireland CEO, Susan McKay.....